The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-05-28
MILAN EXCHANGE
W. n. WADE, Publisher.
Terms--.$I 90 per annum, in Advance
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1887.
OVER THE STATE.

4. IS. head, Sr., or carthage, has
on exhibition rattlesnake with
eighteen rattles, and Cumberland
mountain snake twenty>three feet
long.
The Fayetteville Observer quietly
remarks: Just so long as the pitcher
of baseball club gets $4,000 for six
months work, and preacher scant
$500 for years service, just so long
will there be good pitching aud poor
preaching
Gov. Taylor last Saturday appoint
ed Prof. G. S. douglass, of Sumner
county, and Rev. Mr., Balkman, of
Chattanooga. as members of the state
board of education, vice Prof Leon
TrOusdale and Dr.. j. Berrien Linds.
ley whose terms have expired.
Martin Mail Last week while the
little daughter of DR.. Sebastian was
playing in the garden a cat jumped
up Oh her and bit her through the
wrist. The doctor shot at the cat
with pistol and missed her, but f.
nally brought her down with a doub-
le-harrel shotsguR.
Hon. James U'Conner, aged 60
years, ex>mayor and one of Jackson's
most esteemed citizens, died suddenly
last Sunday night Of hemorfbage of
the lungs, caused by rapture of a
blood vessel. He was reading when
he was attacked by paroxysm of
coughing and was dead in less than
FIVE minutes.
Sparta Exposition: The infant boy
Of VIM. Fisk died at Cummingsville
last Friday night from poison by
chewing a piece Of green pas'eboard.
A paper of buttons had been bought
and after the buttons were used Oft
the paper was thrown out into the
yard, when, by some means, the
child got it aud chewed it. The
child was buried at Sparta on Satur-
day.
Tullahoma Weekly Guardian: There
is no mistake about it, the regular,
genuine Colorado beetle is here and
at work with will. The well known,
old fashioned potato bug wasn't a
circumstance to this westernsimplr'
tation. He strips everything clean as
he goes. Our citizens are dosing
them on a solution of Paris green. An
ounce to a gallon of water, distributed
through sprinkler, will soon influence
them to get away.
Covington Leader: A remarkable
surgical operation was performed on
Mr., E. NJ. Rice, of Orysa, Lauder
dale county, yesterday week by DIR
w. B. Rogers and DR.. Henning, Of
Memphis, it being the removal of one
of his kidneys. The loss of blooC
was hut slight, and the time occupied
IN performing the operation was about
one hour and half. Wednesday MIR
Rice was doing very well, but if he
RECEIVERS his friends think it will be {
miracle. His disease was cancer o.
the kidney, and the only possible
chance of recovery was through the
operation.
Rutherford Democrat: In some
gardAps in Mnrfreesboro the Colorado
beetleRade his appearance with thu
potato, as it peeped above the ground
and is likely to remain until he get
a liberal dose of Paris green. He il
the most greedy pest we ever saw
On his first appearance on the vine
he is a little black speck about thu
size of pinhead, and right there doe
he stay until he is great big STRIPED
bug, and when he leaves and he only
stops when there is no vine to feed on
he never flies that we have been abb
to discover, hut just uufastens hi
short legs aud let's his gorged carcas
to the ground and seeks another AM
better vine. Confound his dirty; mas
( " picture, AN old rusty cut worm is
gentlemen beside him.